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Maybe she was kidnapped. The stories did not stop, did they . No. We were getting information that they were cuddling. We have to figure out, does he have any motive to want to harm her . I see her side, right at the exit of the trail. The word help was etched into the ground. Two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. That just did it for me. I cant even think about how scared she was. [crying] a mothers worst nightmare. There are no signs to get there, just follow the rough, sandy...

there was another saying that she was with her mom. >> maybe she was abducted, maybe she was kidnapped. >> the stories did not stop, did? they >> now. >> we were getting information that they were cuddling. >> we have to figure out, does he have any motive to want to harm her? >> i see her side, right at the exit of the trail. the word help was etched into the ground. >> two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. >> that just did it for me. >> i cant even think about how s...

this creek and some kids trying to get her to go hang out. >> someone says that they saw her get in the truck. there was another story that she was a mom. >> maybe she was abducted? maybe she was kidnapped? >> the stories and stopped, a day? >> no. >> we were getting information that they were coming, we have to figure out does he have any motive to want to harm her? >> i see her sock, right at the exit of the trail. >> the world help was sketched in the ground. >> we saw two shovels t...

the word "help" was scratched in the ground. >> we found two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. >> that just did it for me. >> i cant even think about how scared she was. >> a mothers worst panic. ♪ ♪ there are no signs to get there. just follow the rough, sandy trail from the subdivisions above, turn a corner and there it is, a creek, a low-twisting moving body of water in north carolina, thats nothing less than a garden of eden for teenagers playing hooky from ...

She didnt know where i lived, i didnt know she was out there. >> your buddies know where you live. did she come out there with some of your friends? >> no. >> nobody showed up? >> not a single soul. >> reporter: police werent satisfied. they got a search warrant for dereks house, and what they saw only deepened their suspicions. >> tell me what you found, detective, because theres some interesting things that got your attention. >> when we went out there we initially found a burn pit. were in ma...

A possibly violent altercation. if that was the case, how had danielles body ended up here? the river was about thirty minutes away from the creek in a remote part of the county. and the river and the creek arent even connected. the body was disposed of there. >> body was disposed of. >> reporter: the spot had been chosen to conceal danielles body but by whom? all detectives had to do was look around. maybe the answer was very near by. >> it was so close that -- i mean, if you dropped a pin on w...

I have a little girl myself. if something happened to her would -- would be devastating. >> reporter: all the not knowing was torture for danielles mom. >> your mind is just -- youre going crazy. i mean, youre -- youre thinking of -- i mean, even some of the worst and the craziest stuff. >> reporter: by now, danielles disappearance wasnt just a hope mills story. she was featured in datelines "missing in america" series. her story was national news. >> the name of the missing 15-year-old is danie...

This is not your regular route to home? >> no, sir, its not. >> reporter: veteran homicide detective adam brinkley had been helping out on the locklear case. hed interviewed some of the high school kids in danielles circle. now, he was off duty, driving the back roads towards a river he knew very well. youre a fisherman? >> im a fisherman, yes. >> reporter: is that one of your fishin holes? >> thats one of my fishin holes. >> reporter: it was shad season. and as chance would have it, he was wear...

>> we identified a boy named angel from the school. so how do you hook danielle whos messing with his boy angel. >> we got information from other boys that they were making. out >> and remember, danielle and her serious boyfriend under split up. >> shes available, shes very. cute >> thats. right >> billy watts is the cumberland county district court attorney. he was brought on early in the case when angel murders as a person of interest. >> he had a girlfriend, but we knew daniel was a single, h...

Miles away. that night, but at 10:40 pm it suddenly started pinging off a tower miles away. the phone, and presumably danielle, were on the move. >> we get a pin drop that pretty much puts it on i-95, but in that pin out is a certain amount of area that the phone could be in. >> so helpful as phones are, it doesnt give you x marks the spot. >> reporter: not in this case. the last ping came from that spot near the highway. a worry in itself because i-95 is a big ribbon of opportunities from miami...